Silence the guns in Gaza

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Author(s)	Los Angeles Times editorial board
Source	Los Angeles Times
Date	January 11, 2009
URL	http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gaza11-2009jan11,0,7803464.story
Quote	"That may eventually buy short-term relief for the people of southern Israel who live under a rain of rocket fire, and whose government has every obligation to secure their safety. But rather than weaken Hamas politically, it seems just as likely that the effect of the bloody siege will be to harden sentiment against Israel on the Palestinian street and drive new recruits into the arms of Hamas' military."

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This item takes a mixed stance on the position Israel was right to attack Gaza on the topic Gaza War.